What is variable aperture and why should you care?

Light work. The iPhone 18 Pro is the first iPhone model to feature a variable aperture, a headlining feature for this year's ...

Here’s the difference the variable aperture of the iPhone 18 Pro makes at night

Once the ship had passed through the bridge, I stuck around to return to plan A: testing Night mode still photos. The new ...
Android Authority

Variable aperture smartphone cameras will make a comeback next week

HUAWEI has confirmed that it will offer a variable aperture camera on the Mate 50 series. This will allow the phone camera to switch between aperture sizes. Aperture adjustments affect light capture ...

I tested the iPhone 18 Pro’s variable aperture camera. Now I want it on every Android phone

Apple added a variable aperture to the iPhone 18 Pro's main camera, and having tested it, I want Android brands to adopt it, too.
Forbes

iPhone 18 Pro Camera Adds Variable Aperture, But The Real Test Comes Next

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The iPhone 18 Pro camera introduces a physical mechanical aperture iris with six moving ...

Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO Sensitivity: How I Learned These 3 Settings Even Though I Knew the Words but Couldn't Imagine the Photos

In my previous self-introduction, I wrote about how I bought a mirrorless camera but kept shooting in auto mode for a while.
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I found the iPhone 18 Pro’s best camera feature – and it isn’t variable aperture

Variable aperture is cool, but f/1.48 is the iPhone 18 Pro camera upgrade that matters ...
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I took various photos to test the performance of the aperture-blade camera on the iPhone 18 Pro. This review shows that it's now possible to capture previously impossible ...

The iPhone 18 Pro's rear camera system consists of three lenses: a 48MP Fusion main lens with variable aperture, a 48MP Fusion ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 48MP Fusion telephoto lens. The main camera ...
9to5Mac

See for yourself the difference the wider aperture of the iPhone 18 Pro makes

Alongside a variable aperture lens, the main camera of the iPhone 18 Pro also opens up to a wider aperture than its predecessors. Apple has been promoting this as enabling a shallower depth of field ...